in reply to Re^3: perl as a php alternative
in thread perl as a php alternative

PHP survived because it takes nearly no programming skills at all and appeared at the jump when the best Perl options (modperl, fastcgi) were hard to install and the other good high level languages had no real web presence; 15 years ago. This is also why nearly everything done with PHP has been plagued by security problems. If you like the style, stick with it. You can absolutely do the same thing in Perl but it would be silly.